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US 2019/0165435 A1Published application
Battery thermal management method and apparatus
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJi-Young JEONG, Young Hun SUNG
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Abstract
A battery thermal management method and apparatus are provided. The battery thermal management apparatus includes a first flow path of an air refrigerant to cool an upper portion of a battery, and a second flow path of a liquid refrigerant to cool a lower portion of the battery. The battery is cooled using either one or both of the air refrigerant and the liquid refrigerant.
Claims20
A battery thermal management apparatus, comprising:
- a first flow path configured to flow air refrigerant to cool an upper portion of a battery;
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- a second flow path configured to flow liquid refrigerant to cool a lower portion of the battery,
- wherein the battery is selectively cooled using the air refrigerant and the liquid refrigerant.
1 more element
A processor implemented battery thermal management method, comprising:
- cooling a battery selectively using either one or both of an air refrigerant to cool an upper portion of a battery and a liquid refrigerant to cool a lower portion of the battery.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.